Crawl Space Drainage

Many homes on the Eastern Shore of Maryland suffer from water in the crawl space due to the high water table and groundwater intrusion in the area. For these homes, the only way to maintain a clean, dry crawl space is to implement a drainage system.

Homeowners are often tempted to take an “out of sight, out of mind” approach to seemingly difficult home improvement projects. In the case of the crawl space, however, that would be a hazardous mistake. A drainage system must be installed before other measures are taken to resolve water issues of this magnitude.

Keep Water Out of Your Crawl Space

There would be no point in installing a vapor barrier or sealing cracks and holes that let in air if large quantities of water were still able to get into the crawl space area. Ignoring the water and moving ahead with other solutions would only cover up the source of your wet crawl space, allowing the water to rot wood, encourage mildew and mold and affect your home’s indoor air quality.

French Drain

Where a large amount of water is entering the crawl space, a perimeter drain, also known as a French drain, is necessary. A French drain system moves water through a trench to a sump pump, which then evacuates the water from the crawl space.

French Drain Installation

To install a French drain, we dig an 8"–10" wide x 8" deep trench along the interior of your home’s foundation. The trench is then filled with a 4" perforated pipe, which is covered with crushed stone. Water is filtered through the stone, then enters the pipe and moves freely toward a collection basin where the sump pump removes it to a designated area, safely away from your house.

Total Home Performance: Your Crawl Space Drain Experts

If your yard is wet and you have water in your crawl space, your home is likely suffering from groundwater intrusion. The expert team at Total Home Performance will help you get to the source of your water problem and provide an effective solution to keep the water out of your crawl space.

Keep the water out of your crawl space with a French drain system. Contact us or call (410) 822-1390 today to get started.

Don’t let water wreak havoc in your home!

Contact us for a crawl space drainage evaluation.

What Our Customers Are Saying About Us

The contractor was thorough, professional and impressive in the presentation and completion of the work completed at our home. Their work crew was extremely neat, efficient and timely in getting the work done. I highly recommend Total Home Performance, L.L.C.

John Davis

Total Home Performance did an outstanding job. The work was completed as promised (time/price/quality).

Over all the THP experience was complete thorough and very professional. The equipment utilized was first rate and the work was excellent.

William Gilmore

Total Home Performance is a yong company that is dedicated to doing outstanding work. Following the energy audit, Derek made an excellent presentation to us regarding our problems and their proposed solutions.

Bill Leasure

Excellent staff. Professional work. Worked well with my schedule.

Dean Hinton

Total Performance LLC was a very professional, hard working group. Since we are a total electric house with three heat pumps and a crawl space, we are looking forward to a lower power bill this winter.

Ed Bishop

Total Home Performance was an excellent contractor. They were very knowledgeable and recommended solutions which were very helpful in improving the livability and energy efficiency in my home.

Peter Kennedy

Contractor was on time, neat, had very good workers, and cleaned up after finished. Very satisfied.

Patrick

The owner of the company Derek, came to our home soon after we contacted the company for an audit. He seemed to do a very thorough evaluation in all parts of the house.

Joyce M. Fitzpatrick

We had our home sealed and our crawl space too and as the winter months are here---we feel the difference already.

Tim Nowak

Addressed a number of issues we had with an old "ballon frame" house. Updated crawlspace and insulated attic.

Gary

The work was done effeciently and I could feel the difference in the in the heat/air right away. I am very happy with the work that was done.

Judy

Designated work completed as scheduled. Workers were courteous and completed work in above average manner.

Larry Fry

I was amazed at the immediate impact of house sealing on the level of comfort. I have to wait until next winter to see if the savings are as expected. The contractors crew were very professional and very careful.

B J Latka

We were very pleased with Total Home Performance and the energy audit experience. All the employees were very professional, they showed up on time to perform the audit, which took about two hours, as they indicated.

This is the second time the contractor has done work for us and each time it was a delight doing business with him.

The Danns

We are delighted with the work that Total Home Performance performed in our home. The workers and the type of work they did were professional. They updated us on the status of work. We would definitely utilize them in the future if the need arises.

David Turner

Total home performance did a great job sealing, removing decking in attic and installing new insulation and attic tent. They cleaned everything left no mess. Wife was very happy when she got home.

Jimmy

Everyone was very nice and explained the reason for every improvement they suggested. There were several issues with having my information submitted for my rebates from my electric company, but they were eventually resolved.

Crystal D.

Professional and friendly people provided excellent service.

David Gibson

The company was dependable in terms of doing what they said they would, when they said they would. They seemed to be very knowledgeable. They resolved several of the issues that their audit indicated were problems.

Karen

I can only say one word for the performance of Total Home Performance LLC is EXCELLENCE in all areas of work performed. Aside from a job well done, cleaned up working space at the end of each day, kept me informed as to what was taking place from day to day, and also finished the job on time.

BJD

Everthing done well – sales, energy audit, installation, paperwork.

Roger Crow

Total Home Performance has been very easy to deal with and I found them very efficient.

Julie Libby

Matt Hargrove and his crew were excellent, on time and completed the work as indicated with no additional ala carte charges. Matt came out on the evening of hurricane Irene after we noticed our sump pump not working.

Deb Rich

All went well. Very polite and professional. Finished work in timely manner. Hope it helps improve our heating costs!

Bonnie Greer

From start to finish a very good experience. Complete analysis of needed upgrading to implementation was very positive experience. Work crew was very responsible and personable.

Chuck and Ruth Barbour

My experience with the Maryland Home Performance program was very good for the following reasons. 1. The use of a certified contractor in energy efficient methods. 2. Having a certified contractor company that employs a crew that does good work.

Sidney Schneider

Contractor was professional and completed all tasks as agreed. Program was helpful. We hope to realize energy savings over the coming years.

Bruce Thomas

The contractors were kind, courteous and respectful of our home.

Ed Watkins

The workers were experienced, fast, and neat. In addition they were polite. This is my first year in my home so I have no way of comparing my energy use this year with other years. I am satisfied with the work done.

Carol

Work was completed on time and the workers went above and beyond. Great company to work with kept us informed the whole process

Richard Covert

I can only say one word for the performance of Total Home Performance LLC is EXCELLENCE in all areas of work performed. Aside from a job well done, cleaned up working space at the end of each day, kept me informed as to what was taking place from day to day, and also finished the job on time.

Maryland Local

From start to finish a very good experience. Complete analysis of needed upgrading to implementation was very positive experience. Work crew was very responsible and personable.

Maryland Local

The workers were experienced, fast, and neat. In addition they were polite. This is my first year in my home so I have no way of comparing my energy use this year with other years. I am satisfied with the work done.

Maryland Local

Matt Hargrove and his crew were excellent, on time and completed the work as indicated with no additional a-la carte charges. Matt came out on the evening of hurricane Irene after we noticed our sump pump not working.

Maryland Local

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